Don't look now, but there's one too many in this room and I think it's you.
I feel much more comfortable in politics than I did in book writing. Book writing is so hard. Politics felt easy compared to that.
People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.
Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.
Things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth. Politicians might mention renewable energy, and the public will think, "That sounds good, but I don't believe they're going to do everything they can to build those towers. "
This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.
One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn't that it's right wing but that it's nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politics.
I said it was my feeling that the American people would struggle for peace, and that has since been underscored by the President of these United States.
If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.
Time passes cold and indifferent over us; it knows nothing of our joys or sorrows; it leads us with ice-cold hand deeper and deeper into the labyrinth.
I have always loved the law. It is the very foundation of our great country. It's the exceptional foundation of America.